On September 17, 1862, Union and Confederate armies clashed near Sharpsburg, Maryland, in what would become the bloodiest single day in American history. As artillery thundered across the landscape and infantrymen advanced into the smoke, the soldiers of the 6th Wisconsin Infantry entered the fig...

A documentary film investigating the 1928 murder of a Pennsylvania farmer and the allegations of witchcraft that shocked the nation.

Set in the 1840s, The Blithedale Romance depicts of a community that cannot survive the passions of its members. Enjoy a tale of failed possibilities and multiple personal betrayals that explores the contrast between what people espouse and what they actually experience in an 'ideal' community.

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A lone woman rides across a vast desert when a mysterious man and his group of riders suddenly appear, blocking her path with threatening intent. Darlin’ is a short Western that pays tribute to the action-packed classic Western films of the 1940s and 1950s.

1780, a company of Kentucky Militia is moving towards one of the frontier stations that dot the back country. The King’s 8th and roughly 1,000 native allies have crossed the Ohio, endeavoring to push American settlements back across the Cumberland gap.

Created from primary sources, this short fi...

For nearly 70 years, the AIM-9 Sidewinder has been the West’s most iconic air-to-air missile — from its humble 1940s origins at China Lake to its latest AIM-9X incarnation with helmet-cueing and thrust-vectoring agility. This documentary charts its evolution through Cold War dogfights, the Falkla...

While Grant rapidly marches upon the Confederate river bastion of Vicksburg. Another Federal Army marches upon its little sister, Port Hudson. Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, a disgraced political general from the Eastern Theater, was sent to Louisiana in December of 1862 to take over command o...

Thomas Jackson follows orders to destroy the trains and railroads in May and June of 1861, then decides to rectify those orders to help a fledgling Confederacy with the assets that are salvaged.

Operation Nile (July 9-10, 2006) was a daring preemptive strike on Taliban leadership in the Chora Valley north of Tarin Kowt. The op was executed by Canada's elite Joint Task Force 2, Australian Delta Commando Company 4RAR, Afghan National Security Forces, two Australian CH-47D Chinook helicopte...

18 years after the Battle of Antietam, Maj. Gen. John Gibbon returned to attend the dedication of the soldiers' monument in the cemetery. As he walked the battleground, memories of that day in 1862, including the actions of his Iron Brigade, came flooding back.

Unique, educational, and action-packed, Antietam, A Documentary Film was filmed on the actual Antietam battlefield and captured in 35mm motion picture film. It is narrated by James Earl Jones and includes four, on-site historians, working in pairs, two to each side, as they walk the battlefield,...

In this episode of The Distant Drums Podcast, we sit down with historian and author Scott Hartwig to explore the Battle of Antietam through the experiences of the men who fought there.

Rather than simply walking through the battle from a bird's-eye view, we focus on the individual soldier. Using...

In the 1980s, the skies over the Gulf of Sidra became a Cold War flashpoint as Gaddafi's Libya drew a provocative "Line of Death" across international waters and challenged U.S. Freedom of Navigation operations in open confrontations.
These confrontations included the dramatic 1981 dogfight where...

Why the F-14D Could Have Been the Ultimate Fighter.
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat was one of the most iconic fighter aircraft of the Cold War—renowned for its variable-geometry wings, twin engines, and long-range AIM-54 Phoenix missiles. But what if the platform had been allowed to fully mature?
This d...

The 5th New York Infantry (the famous Duryee's Zouaves) went into the Battle of Second Manassas (Bull Run) in August 1862 and faced one of the most devastating moments in the regiment's history.

In this episode, we walk the very ground where the 5th New York fought during the battle and follow ...